Cloud

By deploying a tuned version of SQL Server specifically for data warehousing in Windows Azure, Microsoft provides the fastest way to stand up a data warehouse. Customers skip the necessity to procure and build the hardware as well as precisely configuring the software.

What's New in SQL Server for Data Warehousing in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Up and running within minutes

No hardware to procure

Leverages best practices from Fast Track to tune and configure specifically for data warehousing

Key Capabilities

Fastest Time to Value

Deploying Microsoft SQL Server for data warehousing as a Windows Azure Virtual Machine is the fastest way to stand up a data warehouse.

Be up and running within minutes.

No hardware to procure and to build.

No knowledge necessary to configure the software.

Optimized for Data Warehousing

This SQL Server image leverages the on-premise best practices built in SQL Server Fast Track to certify an optimal and balanced configuration specifically for data warehousing in the cloud.

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"By choosing Windows Azure, we could deliver a BI solution in two weeks with minimal investment. If we had deployed a traditional solution, it would have taken us 6 to 12 months to get similar results."